Thanks so much to Isalys for having me this week! Also thanks to Bookish Brunette, Amy from Book Loving Mom, Smash from Smash Attack Reads, and Loretta from Between the Pages, who also participated in the blog chat (not to mention convincing Isa to feature Jenny Pox during her month of Indie Epicness in the first place!) Big thanks to all of you!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

(Courtney Cole is the author of The Bloodstone Sage, beginning with Every Last Kiss. You'll find an excerpt of that book in Alexander Death - we decided to trade excerpts because of similarities in our stories, including reincarnational storylines reaching back into the ancient world. Welcome, Courtney!)

Hi
everyone, Courtney Cole here.

One
year ago, my book, Every
Last Kiss
(Book One in the Bloodstone Saga) was released into the wild.

I
was so terrified that day, so afraid that everyone out there in the
Reader-verse was going to hate it, that people would laugh and point
at me on the street- saying “What’s the deal with that girl? She
really thinks she’s a writer?”
I might be exaggerating a little. But I was a little terrified.

But
you know what? It turns out, people kind of liked it. And so the
rest of the Bloodstone Saga was born (Fated, With My Last Breath and
My Tattered Bonds). It’s been an exciting and crazy year, but I’m
so, so happy that it has happened. And I’m so, so thankful to all
of the wonderful readers who have read my work. I’m so grateful
for every single one of you.

Which
bring me to the next part. This week, I am celebrating the book
birthday of Every
Last Kiss.
Today and tomorrow, Every Last Kiss will be free on Amazon Kindle.
You can find it here

Also,
as a special thank you to the wonderful readers who have followed
every step of Cadmus and Harmonia’s adventures, I have written a
bonus novella, House
of Thebes.
For the first time, you can read how Harmonia and Cadmus met…the
first time. As a thank you to YOU, my awesome and wonderful fans,
it will be available for FREE on Amazon Kindle today. You can find
it here

I
really hope you enjoy it.

And
lastly, it would not be a birthday bash without prizes, right? So,
over the course of today and tomorrow, you will be entered to win
prizes every time you tweet this on Twitter: To celebrate the book
birthday of Every Last Kiss by @courtwritesYA, it will be free on
Amazon Kindle today http://ow.ly/asd4b

I’ll
be giving away signed copies of Every Last Kiss and House of Thebes,
signed bookmarks, Greek Drachmas and a Bloodstone Saga t-shirts.

I
hope everyone has a fantastic weekend and THANK YOU again, so, so
much, for reading my work. I’m eternally grateful.

(Thanks for stopping by with all these fun book birthday prizes, Courtney!)